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Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
11. bemildred
Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:39 AM
Dec 2014

bemildred

I think it was designed from the start - to be like that, at least after the parliamentary system was enacted in 1884-88 - to make things happened not in a hurry - but to make it in a orderly fashion - it help when people most understand things takes time to work itself out - and most of the time it works very good - and people got used to new things as they happend...

To install a new government, who do not have the legitimacy of the people are a recipe for trouble for sure - just ask Vidkun Quisling - who was given a form of government - on the top of german bayonets - and had not much support from people in Norway - and got shot in 1946 after a trial where he was judged as a traitor

I think a system where changes is made when it is time to do it, not before - is maybe the best way to do it - even if it from the outside can look like a glacier thing - where just tiny things changes from day to day...

Diclotican

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It seemed like a good thing to me too. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #1
Provided the agreement Berlin Expat Dec 2014 #2
Thanks, I don't know much about Scandinavian politics. bemildred Dec 2014 #3
bemildred Diclotican Dec 2014 #8
Hi Diclotican. bemildred Dec 2014 #10
bemildred Diclotican Dec 2014 #11
Well, it's like inertia and momentum. bemildred Dec 2014 #19
bemildred Diclotican Dec 2014 #20
Sweden is far more closed to the West than Norway is. nilesobek Dec 2014 #13
The Breivik thing? bemildred Dec 2014 #15
Interesting, the cheap labor policies do seem to travel well nilesobek Dec 2014 #17
Understood. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #18
nilesobek Diclotican Dec 2014 #26
nilesobek Diclotican Dec 2014 #21
Wow, what makes you say that? Quantess Dec 2014 #27
Apparently the SD had intended to block the passage of a budget. rogerashton Dec 2014 #4
Similar in Berlin Expat Dec 2014 #5
Another nail in Swedens coffin. Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #6
Keeping the far-right out of power is a nail in Sweden's coffin? pampango Dec 2014 #7
Rhinodawg Diclotican Dec 2014 #9
kind of eerie parallels NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #14
A majority of swedes say they do not want an increase in asylum seekers. Quantess Dec 2014 #23
I misread it...and my response was wrong. Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #24
Oh sorry, I did not realize I was replying to you. Quantess Dec 2014 #25
The Sweden Democrats Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #12
Ryan Fitzomething Diclotican Dec 2014 #22
Sweden Democrats would have certainly gained more votes Quantess Dec 2014 #16
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